The Numbers Don't Lie About Desert Growth The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new ...

Record heat and worsening drought have shaped Houston's fall, stressing vegetation, raising fire danger and setting up a warm, dry start to winter.

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A palm oil company is rapidly clearing rainforest inside a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that’s home to orangutans and sun bears, ...

Look, giraffes are walking in front of me. We have hundreds of them in our conservancy. There are zebras, too, see! And ...

Scientists have unveiled the fossil of a giant millipede, the size of a car, that once roamed the Earth 326 million years ago ...

As of Friday morning, the death toll from the tragic fire in a Hong Kong housing complex exceeded 120, according to published ...

The author’s husband relaxes on Cote D’Or beach in the Seychelles—photo by Paul J. Heney.

More than 600 people have died after Tropical Storm Senyar combined with the seasonal monsoon to unleash torrential rains on ...

Volcanic ash from Ethiopia's eruption disrupted flights across India but had minimal impact on air quality, exiting the ...

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